BlockFrom the record
One of 7 National Register listings published here for Harlan County · listed in 1992 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Turkey Creek Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Co. Rd. over Turkey Cr., 2 mi. W and 1 mi. S of Ragan, Ragan, 68920
- When was it listed? June 1992
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS
- Township. Scandinavia township
- National Register reference number. 92000711 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Turkey Creek Bridge between 2008 and 2019, burning about 25 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 March 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 March 2015 | Smoking | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 October 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this property
42 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ragan, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 27 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Ragan | $600,000 | This weak and somewhat intermittent tornado touched down near the intersection of Highway 183 and Highway 4, then moved northeast. Damage was limited to trees, pivots, and a a few power poles along its roughly seven mile track. The estimated peak wind was 85 MPH. The tornado lifted just north of the Harlan and Phelps County line between T Road and U Road. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Ragan | $100,000 | Hail ranging anywhere in size from ping pong balls up to three inches in diameter was reported in this area. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Ragan | $100,000 | Hail ranging in size from quarters to golf balls was reported in the area. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Ragan | $100,000 | Hail reports ranged in size from ping pong balls to baseballs. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ragan | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Ragan | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ragan | $50,000 | Winds of 60 to 70 mph were reported at the time of the hail. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ragan | $50,000 | Winds of 60 to 70 mph were reported at the time of the hail. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Ragan | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Ragan | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ragan | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Ragan | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ragan | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH caused damage to irrigation piping and a power pole in the area. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ragan | $5,000 | Hail covered the ground. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Ragan | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Ragan | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ragan | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ragan | $1,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH damaged a flag pole and blew lawn furniture across the yard. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ragan | - | A wind gust of 60 MPH was recorded by a mesonet station located four miles east of Ragan. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ragan | - | A wind gust of 76 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located four miles east of Ragan. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ragan | - | A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located 4 miles west-northwest of Ragan. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ragan | - | A wind gust of 70 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located 4 miles east of Ragan. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Ragan | - | Widespread rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches, with locally higher amounts a possibility, fell across the area. This heavy rain resulted in flash flooding across much of Harlan County, affecting numerous rural roads, with a handful completely washed out. In Alma, as much as 18 inches of water flowed down a street. North of Republican City, a rural road and 6 foot culvert were washed out. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Ragan | - | A storm total rainfall amount of 4.61 inches was measured. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ragan | - | Wind gusts were estimated near 60 MPH. Tree limbs around 5 inches in diameter were downed. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ragan | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ragan | - | Winds were estimated at 60 mph as well. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ragan | - | Three center pivot irrigation systems and 2 power poles were damaged northwest of Ragan. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Ragan | - | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Hail | Ragan | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Ragan | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Ragan | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ragan | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Ragan | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Ragan | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Ragan | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Ragan | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Ragan | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Ragan | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Ragan | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Ragan | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Ragan | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92000711 in Record Group 79. |
| Harlan County | All 7 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.